Question 1

Are your dyes natural?

Accepted Answer

I use acid dyes from reputable companies in a vinegar bath to retain color better. The vinegar in combination with these dyes is non-toxic which is important for the health of our farm. A minute amount (1/16th tsp) is used to dye a complete skein of yarn.

Question 2

Is your wool organic?

Accepted Answer

Our farm doesn not have an organic certification, but all of our wool is natural. Our sheep are grass-fed with no pesticides and have free range of our pastures.

Question 3

How do you process your wool?

Accepted Answer

Post shearing fleeces are hand picked clean. We ship our cleaned fleeces to a mill to be washed and made into roving. Some of the wool we send may be made into mill spun yarn, the rest comes home for me to hand spin or felt.

Question 4

Are your knit products really "hand knit"?"

Accepted Answer

Yes, I hand knit all my products myself, with two needles, sometimes more. These products are made with my own two hands. When a product says it is "hand spun" that means I spun the wool by hand on a spinning wheel to create the yarn. Rugs are may by hand weaving on a peg loom washed raw fleece to create rugs of various sizes. Woven articles are hand woven on a ridged heddle loom or a floor loom.

Question 5

Are your sheep registered?

Accepted Answer

Yes, most of them are. We really focus on breeding for quality wool. So some of our sheep have been cross-bred to produce a unique wool for handspinners, and felters. These lambs may not be registered.

Question 6

Do you sell a started flock?

Accepted Answer

We no longer have sheep for sale.

Question 7

Why the name change?

Accepted Answer

We sold our farm in 2024. By George ceased operation in 2023. We place our animals in good home with friends and neighbors. We had a total of over 50 sheep at one point and so we have enough wool to last our lifetimes and then some. It was a joy living on the farm for 22 years and raising horses and sheep, but there comes a time when injury and age creep up and make it too difficult to carry on. But we have an abundance of wool to make into beautiful, useful things, so I'm still spinning, felting, knitting and now weaving everyday.

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